Second Battle of Dalton

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The Second Battle of Dalton was fought on August 14 and August 15, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces in Whitfield County, northern Georgia. It was the Union’s forces, District of Etowah against the Confederate Wheeler’s Cavalry Force. The Union was commanded principally by Major General James B. Steedman and the Confederate by Major General Joseph Wheeler. After Wheeler’s cavalry raided the northern part of Georgia, fighting began after a refusal of Union forces to surrender the area. The union forces greatly outnumbered the Confederate causing them to retreat to a location just outside of the town. Eventually in the early morning hours of the 15th, Wheeler withdrew from the fight, leading to a Union victory at Dalton.